Archive for November, 2007

Getting Started with Cairngorm – Part 5

Friday, November 30th, 2007

In Part 4 you saw the full Service to Worker pattern demonstrated. However, the method discussed in the last tutorial doesn’t fit every situation. In this tutorial you will learn a few “best-practices” for Cairngorm projects as well as an extension to the Service to Worker pattern for more complex cases.

Cairngorm, Flex | 27 comments

PDF and Advertisements

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

I just read that Adobe has partnered with Yahoo to allow publishers to place ads inside of PDF files. I have mixed feelings about this. I am leaning toward “this is a bad idea”. The main motivation listed in the article was “allowing more free content” that would be subsidized by the [...]

Uncategorized | 2 comments

360Flex Atlanta Badge

Saturday, November 24th, 2007

Since I will be speaking at 360 Flex Atlanta (and since I am a Georgia resident), I made up a quick badge for the speakers. This badge uses the sign from the famous Varsity Restaurant in downtown Atlanta. The Varsity has been around since 1928 and is a staple for downtown Atlanta residents [...]

Conferences | 1 comment

AIR Gets a Logo

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

Adobe AIR now has a new logo (I think this one will go over much better than the Photoshop Logo).

AIR | 2 comments

Education and Web Developers Today

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

Ok, I’m looking for your input. I was intrigued to read a post by Jesse Rodgers about a recent posting from 37Signals. The summary is that 37Signals states that “We don’t put much value in formal education when deciding who to hire”.
Here was my comment to the article (on Jesse’s Blog):
I have [...]

Education | 6 comments

New Feature - Community Posts

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

I have added a small new feature to the blog, Community Posts. This section will display the latest blog postings that I believe are important or useful. The sidebar will display the five most recent, but you can click on the “Read More” link to get a full listing. There is also [...]

Uncategorized | No comments

Adobe’s Career Focused Curriculum

Monday, November 12th, 2007

Adobe’s new “Career-Focused” curriculum is an amazing step in modernizing technical education in both high schools and universities. I have looked over the curriculum for Web Design, and I don’t believe that any other curriculum that I have reviewed covers current day software and topics as effectively as this curriculum does. Many more [...]

Education | 1 comment

What is after the Cairngorm Tutorials

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

This is the time for some reader response. We have two parts left in the Cairngorm Tutorial Series. I am trying to plan ahead and determine what topic to tackle next (with Flex,AIR,Flash or CF). The Cairngorm series came out of several people specifically asking me to do it. What would [...]

Uncategorized | 10 comments

Getting Started with Cairngorm – Part 4

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

The basic Cairngorm Event Flow that is handled in Part 3 is essential to any Cairngorm application, but most applications interact with a server. The Service to Worker pattern that was discussed in the previous tutorial is essential to this process. To learn the expanded Cairngorm Flow, you will need to learn a [...]

Cairngorm, Flex | 36 comments

Blog Challenge - Honor Your Inspirations

Monday, November 5th, 2007

I am working to finish Part 4 of the Cairngorm tutorial sometime today or tomorrow, but I have a Blog Challenge for all of you out there. Most everyone who is involved in web development has been inspired, encouraged, and taught by people that they might not have ever met. I know that [...]

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